Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems

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Workforce

52k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.6

Estimated Job Growth

0.6%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$57,990

Average Male Salary

$59,168

Average Female Salary

$53,913

About

The top three occupations in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group are Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, Other managers, Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group work 42.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,647. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,221.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group are Granite City, Alton, Wood River Cities & Godfrey Village PUMA, IL, Pickaway, Union & Madison Counties PUMA, OH, and Palm Desert, La Quinta (West) & Desert Hot Springs Cities PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group. Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators are the most common position, but the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems goes to Sales managers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

52k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 238k

-5.01%

1 Year Growth

± 7.39%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 52k people employed in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -5.01%, , from 251k people in 2017 to 238k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators represent the largest share of positions held in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems at 18.2%, followed by Other managers with 6.07% and Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters with 5.34%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group, by number of employees, are Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, Other managers, Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems employs an unusually high number of Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, Meter readers, utilities, and Control & valve installers & repairers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems, by average wage, are Sales managers, Chief executives & legislators, and Computer support specialists.

Wages

Average Salary

$57,990

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,134

On average, employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group make $57,990 per year. This number makes Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems the 101 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.334

WAGE GINI

Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems has a wage GINI of 0.334, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $59,168 and $53,913. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

53.4k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.67k

185k

MALE WORKFORCE

±10.5k

77.6% of workers in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$59,168

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,475

$53,913

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,122

On average, Male workers in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group make 1.1 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
Two or More Races
White

On average, Asian employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group earn 1.35 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. All of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the water, sewage and other systems industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The water, sewage and other systems industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.6%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).